Maupassant knew, seduced and loved more than a hundred women. He was a great lover of filles de joie, be they bourgeois, commoners or noblemen, because his hectic sexuality never ceased to express itself with women, all women. He caught syphilis from them…

This play gives an insider’s view of Maupassant’s madness and his extreme suffering.

Maupassant touches us with the acuity of his gaze, the sober energy of his style, his deep love of human nature without tremolo.